Hello,

I am new to RCUniverse, and relatively still new to RC planes.

I have a Hobbico Electristar EP 63" RTF trainer, which I believe I have almost mastered, but recently ran into a lightpost trying to knife edge through a 5 or 6 foot gap showing off for my friends. (no video GRRRRR :P )

I believe the damage is significant enough (shattered wings, fuse in pieces, firewall destroyed) to buy a new ARF plane for the components, but have had little luck finding anyone who has done this.

My plane weighed about 7 pounds flying weight (im using the NiMh, not lipos), so I assume just about any plane out there with similar flying weight and wingspan will work. Am I wrong?

So far, i have been looking at the Hangar 9 Cessna 40 size value series, but have found NO reviews, and only a couple comments ranging from "worst ARF ever" to "favorite plane in my museum" type thing.

could someone please reccomend a couple of planes I can look into that will fly (at least casual flight, i dont need to do more than barrel rolls and loops) with stock electristar components?

I am most interested in long flights with the possibility of carrying a payload of some sort eventually, if that helps.

Thank you RCUniverse Crowd!!